Overview The average travel time between Avignon and Montpellier is 1h54 minutes. The quickest route is 48 minutes. The first train leaving Avignon is at 05:45, the last at 19:40. There is an average of 44 trains a day between Avignon and Montpellier, leaving approximately every 17 minutes.

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Avignon

Avignon, the city of Popes

Avignon is located in the Provence region, on the left flank of the Rhône River and is home to more than 500,000 people. Avignon can be reached from main cities like Paris (2h40 trip), Lyon (1h trip) or Marseille (30 minutes trip).

Avignon invites you to share its lifestyle and superb heritage. With its bridge, the Palace of the Popes, testimony to its prestigious past as Capital of Christianity in the Middle Ages, Avignon offers grandiose architecture, with several monuments ranked among UNESCO’s World Heritage. Avignon offers numerous possibilities for sightseeing, activities and events. Tourists can also discover plenty of attractive shops, Provençal cooking, local specialities and the Côtes du Rhône wines… The Mont Ventoux, the lavender fields and all the beauty of Provence is on the doorstep of Avignon.

Montpellier is one of the most important cities of France in terms of population. It is located in southern France, in the very heart of the Languedoc-Roussillon region and about 12 kilometres away from the Mediterranean Sea. Montpellier is a fast expanding city, and it is one of best places to experience the art de vivre of the southern region of France. This makes Montpellier an ideal holiday destination as well as a renowned student city.

Montpellier is a pilot city for ecological urbanism in France. Discover its wide pedestrian area and blue decorated tramways. You’ll be amazed to learn that its trams are designed by artists including Garouste, Bonetti and Christian Lacroix. Montpellier can also be visited by using the bike along the brand new bike path that follows the Lez River. The bike is also great to visit vineyards or to go to the beach.

Reviews & ratings Avignon - Montpellier

"Avignon to Montauban"Ainslie s.07/05/2013We recently travelled from Avignon to Montauban transferring at Montpellier. Train service was on time. Montpellier station is being renovated and was quite difficult to get on and off platforms due to crowds. For short trips, second class travel on French trains is perfectly adequate.

"Onto Barcelona"Rodney m.01/11/2012We recently travelled from Avignon to Barcelona and considered the best and safest way to do the trip was by train. It turned out to be the right decision and the trip was great. Only one small problem - if you have a lot of luggage as we had, getting from the platform to the train and vice versa can be a challenge. However, that aside, the trip was comfortable, the scenery was great and the trains clean and on-time. The station at Montpelier was easy to negotiate. I would travel by TGV again - and again.